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Welcome to Winter Window Display Part 2!

Make sure to check out part 1 here to see how we our gingerbread tower was put together! I'm sure by now you've all gone to the store and pressed your noses to the glass in wonder in awe at our window display. No? Just me? That's ok, you should still check it out. If you look closely you'll notice there are actually peppermint trees, golden cupcakes & macaroons as well as a doily forest around our gingerbread village. No detail was left out, I can promise you that!

Want to know the best part? You can easily create your own winter wonderland! It's super simple!

Peppermint Lollipop Trees

Let's start with the peppermint trees. Aren't they gorgeous? You can serve these up as a holiday treat or use them to decorate your own village. Their uses are countless and they are delicious!

Peppermint Lollipop Trees

Ingredients:

Peppermints

lollipop sticks

Directions:

Preheat ove to 350 F. Place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking tray or cookie sheet. On the sheet of parchment paper place peppermints in a tree shape. Start with one peppermint in the center and surround it with 6 more. Each tree will use 7 candies. (experiment with different shapes!)

Place in oven for10-12 minutes. Once done baking immediately place lollipop sticks on each tree. Let cool.

Doily Tree DIY

So how about those Doily trees? Yet another reason I love Pinterest with all my heart. I found these adorable and simple to make tress on ouiouioui Studio's blog. Check the full tutorial by clicking here and let them know we sent you!

You might be wondering what kind of frosting to use on your gingerbread houses. Using the right "glue" can make or break your home so we recommend using this one! Delicious and super easy to make. By the way, that last image? Amanda made that using the meringue icing! Isn't that incredible? When you're crafty you can find a new use for everything!

Beat all ingredients at low speed for 7 to 10 minutes, or until icing forms peaks. Tip: Keep icing covered with a wet kitchen towel at all times, icing can dry out quickly.

When decorating try using different tips and a variety of colors! Here's a peak at what we used to decorate out houses.

Once all the tiny details were taken care of we were ready to install the display upstairs. This took our entire team 2 hours to install, and believe it or not I think that's a record for fastest and most drama free installation yet!

I hope you guys enjoyed this sneak peak into our window display world. Are you going to try making your own village? Show us! We'd love to see your own magical creations. Tag us using the #mojospacontest and you could win a fabulous prize worth $100! Click here to learn more!

With the holiday’s right around the corner, it’s pretty easy to panic if you haven’t yet found the right Christmas gift for that particular person who is trickier to buy for. But have no fear, Mojo Spa is here! From that unlucky “Secret Santa” name draw to your pickiest relative, we have a solution for every type of person.

For the teen:

Generally, the younger you are the sweeter you like your treats, and if you know Mojo well, you know that we are known for our sweet, food-inspired products! We continued that theme into the holiday season every year and have come up with some very delightful and delicious products.

The Cupcake Soaps are another great go-to for younger people because they are not only super cute and fun to use, but also extremely moisturizing for the skin. We recommend the holiday themed cupcake soaps like the Wonder Mint, Chai Spice, or the Christmas Tree cupcake soap. These will get any youngsters eyes popping with amazement and delight when they open their gift.

For those makeup lovers, the Lip Gloss Packs are a great bundle of different lip glosses fit for any occasion. There are three gloss’ in each pack and they each have an energized crystal on the inside that represents a specific affirmation or desire, so you can pick one that is best suited for them! Each gloss contains castor oil, jojoba oil and vitamin E which provide great healing and moisturizing benefits, so the lips stay glamorous but also silky soft. (Great as a stocking stuffer!)

For the tea lover, surprise them with the Divination Tea Blend. Open the mind and see into the future with this blend of Masala Chai and Apricot tea. The perfect companion to their favorite Harry Potter book on a beautiful winter day.

The Guardian Lip Balm is a great handy gift that can travel anywhere. Made with combination of shea butter, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, castor oil, and Vitamin E to heal and moisturize lips.

Along with the holidays comes a bunch of holiday parties, and we know how much work is put into making the evening a great hit, so show your appreciation with these simple, yet thoughtful gift ideas.

The martini candles are the perfect triple threat in that they are a candle, lotion, and a martini glass all in one! It’s a super unique and festive “thank you” gift and will make a lovely addition to anyone’s home. We recommend the Hoot Martini Candle for its fresh and woodsy scent that fits perfectly with the coziness the holiday brings.

The Hot Cocoa Beauty Kit gift is also great gift that utilizes home comfort. The set includes cocoa mint bath salts, sweet meringue hand soap, and a mint soy candle. The cocoa mint bath salts have great detoxifying benefits from the real cocoa powder that’s infused into the salts, which will help with body acne, ingrown hairs, and even karatosis. (Input benefits of sweet meringue soap). The mint soy candle is super moisturizing and will penetrate deep into the skin to aid more severe dryness that the winter brings, as well as give your home a warm minty aroma that will get anyone into the holiday spirit!

Our Get Calm Gift Sets another fitting treat you can give your host. This set includes the Shanti Spice line which is great for improving circulation by warming up the body and stimulating blood flow from the cinnamon and ginger oil. Being that these people just hosted a big party, they will probably have the desire to take it down a few notches, and the calming affects of the Shanti Spice will be the perfect treatment post party craziness. You can get the set in three different ways. We have the small box set that includes the Shanti Spice soap and scrub, the pin striped gift set that includes the Shanti Spice lotion and scrub, and then the big chevron gift set that includes the Shanti Spice lotion, scrub, and soap.

The Champagne Wishes gift set is a great gift for any celebration. Any average Joe can bring a bottle of champagne to a party, but bringing a cool gift set that has a champagne scented soap and lotion bar will be out of this world. Not only that, but inside the lotion bar and soap contains real 18 karat gold mica powder. Gold works as a natural amplifier, so it amplifies the cocoa and Shea butter inside and will give a beautiful golden shimmer when applied, talk about fancy!

The Home Sweet Home Beauty Kit is a great gift for your favorite host or hostess in that it includes an extremely moisturizing body soap that smells like cozy-fresh linen, an adorable decadent soy candle that’s in a miniature mug and smells of fresh baked cookies. As it melts, you can use it as a lotion too!

We’re talking about the people responsible for your existence. Nothing really measures up to the gift of a life, but we have some miraculous and nurturing gifts that are pretty darn close! These gifts are perfect for the special lucky lady in your life too.

These gift set includes a goat’s milk soap, which has great anti-aging and moisturizing benefits and is also great for balancing the PH level, a body balm, which deeply moisturizes and benefits the skin on multiple levels, bath salts, which are some of the purest in the entire world and provide amazing detoxifying and healing benefits, a soy candle that melts into a moisturizing body cream, AND specially made tea blended by Mojo staff! (If your budget is smaller, you can also purchase these individual items separately and arrange them how you wish!)

For Him (Husband/Dad/Grandpa):

Don't forget the fatherly figures who are also responsible for your existence that also have taught you important life lessons. These gifts are perfect for the special lucky man in your life too.

Show your appreciation with our Buddha Skincare Kit for Men. Our bestselling Buddha Shaving Soap is filled with lavender herb & essential oil to cleanse & prevent red bumps by acting as an anti-bacterial. Cinnamon and Clove spice raise the hair follicle so you get a clean shave that will last all day. The Buddha After Shave Moisturizer is made with our special energized water that is infused with lots of herbs like lavender, rosemary, orange, thyme, lemon, grapefruit, juniper & more. This special energized herbal water combined with pure natural cocoa butter to moisturize and hazelnut oil to act as an astringent keeps skin looking matte with a healthy glow while preventing skin irritations or acne. Finally our Buddha lip balm is made with our famous lip balm blend flavored with orange and peppermint for a mild tingle. Super soft and buttery, this balm packs it in for long-lasting results.

For the hardworking man, Our Midas Touch Hand Balm is perfect for anyone looking for relief from many skin ailments such as burns, cuts, rashes, eczema, or psoriasis. This water-free cream not only stays on after multiple hand washes, it also locks in moisture while essential oils heal for smoothness. The shea butter retains moisture and elasticity in the skin without clogging pores, helps heal sores, burns, and cuts; and contains cinnamic acid which is a substance that helps protect the skin from harmful UV rays. Rich in Vitamins A and E, which both have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. This balm also includes Grapeseed oil that help prevent acne (even on oily skin), tone and tighten skin, and lock in moisture.

The Dr. Feelgood Energized Body Relief Cream is our bestseller when it comes to fixing those aches and pains. This cream utilizes a uniquely formulated aromatherapy blend and vibrational therapy that penetrates the healing oils like Lavender, Ginger, and Cypress deeper into the skin to relieve body aches, pains, stiffness, and cramps. The purified water that is involved is energized to the earth’s balancing frequency which works with the body’s natural electrical signals to promote healing from the inside as well as the outside! There is also castor oil which contains fatty acids which are very effective for the treatment for arthritis, rheumatism, etc. It penetrates deep into the skin and also provides extreme moisture so it keeps your skin healthy and soft.

Our Sore Muscles Bath Salts are also very fitting for those feeling any sort of discomfort. These salts consist of mineral rich Asian sea salt and Epsom salts to help relax, reduce muscle tension, and eliminate toxins from the body. The aromatic essential oil blend of peppermint, eucalyptus, rosemary and cypress help soothe and calm the whole body, while helping reduce muscle pain, spasms, cramps, and soreness.

For those ones who pulled those all-nighters working too hard or maybe just partying too hard! The Headache Helper has a pulse point cream is a combination of 20 essential oils carefully selected to help sooth the nerves and eliminate the pain. The essential oils are at high concentration so that they are effective in clearing out the pain and help make you feel more clear headed. Very popular among our morning brunch crowd clientele.

Our Mint Mellow Fluff Soap is infused with peppermint essential oil that provides relief from stress, depression and mental exhaustion due to its refreshing nature , improves blood circulation, contains menthol, which is good for the skin giving it a cooling effect. It also nourishes dull skin and improves oily skin

For Secret Santa:

Secret Santa is all about getting that gift that anyone can enjoy, close to you or not, that isn’t going to cause much damage to your wallet but also will really

The Gemstone Soap Set is a gift that will certainly make an impression. For any crystal lover, or any lover of pretty, but also beneficial things, you can’t go wrong with the eye popping gemstone inspired soaps. This gift allows you to enjoy the magic of gemstones without spending loads of money. There are two soaps in the set that we crafted to replicate the beauty of natural gemstones while also still deeply moisturizing and healing the skin with the handmade chamomile oil, Abyssinian oil, and castor oil. Inside you’ll find a Sunstone soap, which is known as the “good luck” crystal. It attracts prosperity, increases energy, and improves vitality. The other soap included is a Jade soap which represents the jade crystal known to attract longevity, protection, money, and business success.

The Sugar, Spice, & Everything Nice Soap Gift Set is just the gift to give to really charm the socks off pretty much anyone on your gift list! The Sugar soap is a nice and soft sweet scent, Spice is a warm cinnamon and molasses scent, and Everything Nice is a light, airy, tropical scent. All three soaps are made with castor oil to give them superior moisturizing abilities and provide a long lasting scent.

Blast back to the past with the Nostalgic Treats Pie Soap Gift Set, another delightfully moisturizing and beneficial soap set that is almost too pretty to use! The frosting is made of old fashioned, cold-process soap that holds extra healing and moisturizing benefits, and the bottom soap is our castor oil infused vegetable glycerin based soap that not only heals dry skin, but also provides anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory benefits.

The Wonder Balm is a wonderfully versatile product that can be used anywhere on the body— particularly the lips, hands and feet during this winter season. The balm is a concentrated blend of many herbs and essential oils such as coconut oil, organic palm oil, tea tree, lavender and spearmint. It’s the perfect size to fit any pocket, purse or stuffed in a stocking for this holiday season!

Christmas is a little over 2 weeks away! That's insane! Didn't we just get done with Halloween? Once again I've been so busy, the holidays have caught me off guard. Thankfully I have my trusty Pinterest board to help me with everything from dinner to decor. Check it out, I've pinned some pretty amazing things! Click Here!

I hope you guys have a wonderful holiday season! Make sure to check out our Pinterest board for more holiday ideas! Show us how you and yours got into the holiday spirit! Enter our monthly contest and use the #mojospacontest for a chance to win a prize valued at $100! Click here to learn more!

December is here and that means it is officially a winter wonderland here at Mojo Spa. Have you been by the store recently? You might have seen our brand new winter window display! I'm not going to lie, this might be my favorite window display to date.

Did you make gingerbread houses as a kid? I tried once. My mom bought us graham crackers, frosting and small candies to decorate them with. For some reason I vividly remember throwing smarties at my younger siblings and then getting yelled at for wasting the candy. I was so excited to finally try and build my very own gingerbread mansion, I could already see this three story dream house made out of cookies and candy. Those dreams were immediately dashed when I couldn't get my graham crackers to stick together, then the cookies all cracked and then the candy kept mysteriously disappearing.....Needless to say it was a complete disaster. I think my siblings and I scarred my mom because that was the last time we attempted anything like that again.

This time around was much better. Even though I can't eat any of these gingerbread houses, I think they turned out amazing!

Guess what? You can follow along! Here's a link to the templates we used to create our houses. You can cut them out of cardboard or use them for actual gingerbread. (Either way you should take a picture of your finished product and send it to us! Keep reading to learn how you could win an amazing prize!) Click HERE or on the image to download the templates now!

I'm not going to lie, I sneaked a lot of candy while we were preparing everything. (Amanda if you're reading this I'm sorry)

The secret to these long lasting gingerbread houses? Cardboard houses. Sturdy, non edible and the correct color. We used a whole variety of candies and soap, (yes soap can you spot which ones they are? ) to decorate. Everything was secured on with some hot glue. Finishing touches were done with real meringue frosting, which Amanda expertly wielded.

With the help of the entire team we came up with 20 different houses in total! Go ahead, look at them all, I dare you to find two that are alike. Once all the houses were done we were able to put our Gingerbread village together. I think it turned out pretty great and I wouldn't mind visiting this colorful town if it were real!

Make sure you stop by the store and check it out. The best part of the whole thing? The village spins! Stand outside our window and you'll get a 360 view of the entire village! Peek into one of the houses and you'll even see inside the homes! We're full of surprises here at Mojo.

Come back next week to find out how we put it all together!

Have you seen our window display? Show us what you think! Use the #mojospacontest and you'll be entered into our monthly contest! You could win a prize valued at $100 handpicked my our Mojo Spa staff. Learn more by clicking here.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is a few days away?! Wasn't Halloween last week? I still have leftover candy (that I definitely didn't binge on). The holidays always sneak up on me. It doesn't matter that we've been hard at work at Mojo to bring you guys the best holiday gifts and products. Maybe it creeps up on me since I'm always thinking 3 holidays ahead. Regardless, I haven't had time to sit down and plan a huge feast this year.

Thankfully Pinterest is a wonderful place of simple and wonderful DIYs! I put together a board of all my favorite ideas and inspiration so I'm feeling a little better about this upcoming Thursday. Hopefully you can get some inspiration for your own Thanksgiving! Check out our fall holidays and crafts on Pinterest here!

First let's start with making your home nice and cozy with these simple DIYs. There's something here for everyone! Make sure to go and check out the rest of the board to see more great craft ideas!

I know that Thanksgiving can be intimidating but you can't look at it that way. Think of it more as a chance to show off your amazing skills! These pins are sure to impress and you won't have to slave over a turkey for hours!

I hope you got some inspiration for your very own Thanksgiving. Make sure you check out the rest of our holiday board to see more great decor, food, drink and more! Make sure to follow us on Pinterest! We're constantly finding new and amazing ideas. Seriously, what did we used to do before Pinterest?